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Week 18: Jets at Bills - a W wins the AFC East!


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4 minutes ago, sullim4 said:

 

Zero chance this gets flexed to Saturday.

 

Expect the cheats to be playing on Saturday night... which gives BB the advantage of having an extra day to prepare for the playoffs.

Unless their playoff game is Saturday 

1 minute ago, MasterStrategist said:

Zero reason to put New England/Miami on a flex game, Miami is out of playoffs and Pats essentially playing to keep their 5th seed.

Yeah I think it could be LAC/LV

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I expect (hope?) that the Jets will be running for the buses in this game.  The Bucs game was their Super Bowl and they blew it. 

 

And out defense plays very well against young inexperienced QB's. The guys that give us some problems are the savvy vets like Ryan today and Rivers last year. 

 

 

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11 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

Zero reason to put New England/Miami on a flex game, Miami is out of playoffs and Pats essentially playing to keep their 5th seed.

 

These Saturday Week 18 ESPN games always puzzled me because the NFL's very limited in what they can put in these slots.  They can't put anything on Saturday that makes a Sunday game meaningless, and they aren't likely to want to put a clunker game here between two eliminated teams.  So the games that make the most sense are any win-and-in games, any games for seeding, or games that are otherwise good on paper.  NE*/MIA fits two of those categories and so I think it's got a decent shot for a Saturday slot.  The Colts game as well as the Tampa games are also decent candidates.

 

Raiders/Chargers is a lock for the Sunday night slot.  Any "win and in" game that isn't dependent on outside results always gets this slot.  Although other teams can win and get in, the results of other games might mean they've already gotten in by SNF if someone else loses earlier in the day.  The Raiders/Chargers is guaranteed to be win/in and so it's going on SNF.  It also helps that the Raiders draw well.

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1 minute ago, sullim4 said:

 

These Saturday Week 18 ESPN games always puzzled me because the NFL's very limited in what they can put in these slots.  They can't put anything on Saturday that makes a Sunday game meaningless, and they aren't likely to want to put a clunker game here between two eliminated teams.  So the games that make the most sense are any win-and-in games, any games for seeding, or games that are otherwise good on paper.  NE*/MIA fits two of those categories and so I think it's got a decent shot for a Saturday slot.  The Colts game as well as the Tampa games are also decent candidates.

 

Raiders/Chargers is a lock for the Sunday night slot.  Any "win and in" game that isn't dependent on outside results always gets this slot.  Although other teams can win and get in, the results of other games might mean they've already gotten in by SNF if someone else loses earlier in the day.  The Raiders/Chargers is guaranteed to be win/in and so it's going on SNF.  It also helps that the Raiders draw well.

Agree about the Raiders/Chargers, and general line of thinking for Saturday. 

 

Nfl doesn't "want" to introduce any unfair advantages either.  Might be indicative of who will be scheduled for wild card Saturday as well.

 

I think Rams/49ers will be a good matchup and meets criteria to "flex", but think NFL keeps them and the Cardinal game scheduled at 4:25 on Sunday.

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Just now, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

Find a way to get this one and then order some of the afc East championship gear. Have to enjoy them when you can. Never know how long it will be between division titles. Enjoy them 

Been a while since Bills won division 2 years in a row

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